Online Game: Unrivaled Gods

Sun Rui walked out of the tent without asking the commander what skill had made him unconscious. Everyone has secrets, and Sun Rui wasn't the type to pry into other people's secrets. As long as he knew the commander meant him no harm, that was enough.

Sun Rui arrived at the fire station and began to eat his breakfast. Wang Huan, who was sitting next to him, did not ask Sun Rui what the commander-in-chief had called him over for.

After breakfast today, Deputy Captain Li He began announcing today's training as usual. The training content surprised Sun Rui. Today's task was to ride horses and do nothing but stay on the horse.

Sun Rui felt a sense of relief upon hearing the training content, as it seemed to have no major difficulties. Then he noticed that Wang Huan's face appeared somewhat dark.

"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" Looking at Wang Huan's somewhat dark complexion, Sun Rui thought he had eaten something bad.

"He's not feeling well, he's just remembering some unpleasant experience." Before Wang Huan could answer Sun Rui's question, Hou Zai, who was walking over from a short distance away, said with a hint of schadenfreude.

Upon hearing Hou Zai's voice, Wang Huan's face darkened even more, which piqued Sun Rui's curiosity. However, he managed to control his curiosity, as this was clearly not a good thing for Wang Huan.

Hou Zai merely made a gloating remark, without revealing the details, and then smiled and turned to leave.

"Phew... Young Master, you'd better be mentally prepared. No training in this military camp is easy." This time, Wang Huan didn't explain the training content to Sun Rui in detail as usual. He simply gave Sun Rui a brief reminder and then left his seat.

Watching Wang Huan's departing figure, my initially relaxed mood turned heavy again.

The sky over the grassland is always so beautiful, changing from light blue to sapphire blue, ever-changing, but each color has its own unique flavor. Such a beautiful scene is bound to make people feel happy. Sun Rui rode his horse and followed the group across the grassland, thinking about his conversation with Wang Huan earlier. There were no difficulties at the moment. Although he was still wearing the black iron armor, he had already gotten used to it.

The grassland outside Jiuyuan City is located between Wuyuan City and Jiuyuan City, and it becomes denser as you go north until you reach the Great Wall.

In general, Wuyuan County is located outside the Great Wall and has always been a battlefield, especially during the war with the Xiongnu, where countless soldiers have died. Buried beneath this grassland, this place was a battlefield just over twenty years ago, turning it into a desolate wasteland. It wasn't until Lü Hao was ordered to come and govern Wuyuan County that the grassland was restored to its original state after so many years of development.

Because Wuyuan County is located beyond the Great Wall, soldiers from foreign tribes such as the Xiongnu and Xianbei would occasionally sneak into it. As a result, this grassland was quite dangerous for ordinary people. Those who had sufficient military strength could only pass through along the official roads to ensure their safety.

Sun Rui's army had no worries about the situation; on the contrary, they were more eager to encounter them and eliminate these foreign tribes. For example, Sun Rui had heard from Lü Liang a few days ago that the Xiongnu prince's thousand-strong army was wandering around Wuyuan County and had not yet been captured.

"Start increasing speed!" After giving the order, Li Hehao, the vice-captain, began to push off with his spurs, and the horse accelerated after being hit in the belly.

"Giddy up..." All the soldiers quickly followed.

Sun Rui lifted the reins with both hands, squeezed his legs tightly around the horse's belly, and gave a soft "Giddy up!" The horse began to run. With the "clatter" of hooves, Sun Rui's heart began to race. Although he had ridden a horse yesterday, today, galloping wildly across the grassland, Sun Rui felt a sense of exhilaration that he had never felt in reality.

.........

Time slowly passed as the soldiers galloped away on horseback, and Sun Rui's heroic spirit gradually waned, his complexion slowly turning pale.

It was only then that Sun Rui realized why Wang Huan's face had darkened. The horseback riding training was absolutely genuine; it was all about riding. Sun Rui's initial high spirits gradually waned as he galloped back and forth across the grassland, the scenery unchanging. Lunch was also eaten while moving at high speed, and he choked on the dry rations, his first time eating on horseback.

Sun Rui's pale face was due to the urgent need to relieve himself. He knew that most of the soldiers were also in the same boat, but Deputy Commander Li He showed no sign of stopping and continued to lead the troops across the grassland.

It was only then that Sun Rui truly understood what riding a horse meant. No matter what the reason, you couldn't dismount. Training soldiers to run long distances left no time for you to stop and do anything else.

.........

"Alright, that's enough for today." Li He, the deputy commander leading the team, glanced at the sky and ordered them to return to camp.

Upon hearing Li He's voice, Sun Rui felt it was incredibly beautiful for the first time. As soon as he relaxed, he felt he couldn't hold back any longer. Sun Rui's expression changed, and he quickly dismounted and began to remove his armor.

"Bang..." After removing his armor, Sun Rui could still hear the sound of armor hitting the ground.

"Ah, young master, it's amazing you could hold back." After Sun Rui finished dealing with the matter, he found Wang Huan already dressed in armor and sitting on his horse. This time, Wang Huan's face wasn't dark; instead, he said with a grin.

"I can endure it." Sun Rui thought about today's experience. He wasn't tired, but he felt really bad, so his complexion wasn't very good either.

"It's not easy to endure this on horseback, especially with the horse being jostled around. It's so uncomfortable."

"kindness."

"Alright, let's go back to camp." After the soldiers had finished taking care of their personal matters, Deputy Commander Li He officially gave the order to return to camp. The two who had been talking also stopped talking and quietly joined the ranks.

After more than a thousand soldiers returned to the camp, they began to eat dinner. Deputy Commander Li He also announced that there would be no night training that day, so everyone could rest after dinner.

After finishing his meal, Sun Rui returned to his tent and eagerly opened the book given to him by the commander-in-chief. This book contained the experience of the commander-in-chief and his more than one hundred comrades, which would be of great help to him in creating his own internal martial arts.

The book has no title, and the yellowed pages indicate that it is quite old.

Sun Rui opened the book and saw that the path to creating one's own cultivation method was a matter of life and death for anyone who was not destined for greatness.

Sun Rui understood the captain's helplessness when he saw the first sentence. He didn't dwell on it and turned to the second page.

The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic states: "The meridians are the source of human life, the cause of disease, the means of treatment, and the origin of illness." The meridians "lie hidden between the muscles, deep and unseen; those that are superficial and visible are all collaterals." They are also said to "determine life and death, treat all diseases, and regulate deficiency and excess; they must be unobstructed." Internal energy cultivation travels between the meridians, and no one except those of destiny can have all the meridians unobstructed. One can take a person's life by having access to the meridians.

Sun Rui read each page very carefully, afraid of missing anything. Each section of the book was accompanied by an illustration, which greatly improved Sun Rui's understanding of the book.

"Player Lü Bu reads Liu Qi's notes and learns the method of introspection."

Just as Sun Rui closed the book, a system notification sounded in his ear. The Inner Vision Technique was originally an ability possessed only by martial generals at the Celestial Realm stage, but the Captain-General, in order to create his own technique, searched through ancient books and combined it with his own talent to create the Inner Vision Technique that could be used by those at the Qi Nourishing stage.

However, this method of internal vision is not complete. If a general at the Celestial Realm stage can have a comprehensive view of the entire situation through internal vision, then the internal vision method created by this captain can only follow the flow of internal energy to observe the meridians.

In fact, the internal visualization method created by the captain was not difficult. Sun Rui drew out the pure, deep purple mist-like internal energy from his dantian, circulating it throughout his body and stimulating his meridians. At the same time, Sun Rui adjusted his breathing, calmed his mind, and focused his spirit, feeling the flow of internal energy in his meridians.

Ordinary people who haven't cultivated internal energy can sense their own body's internal workings by concentrating their minds, but it's only a vague and not obvious perception. However, those who have cultivated internal energy experience enhanced hearing and vision due to the stimulation of internal energy. Furthermore, with the guidance of internal energy, they can concentrate their mental energy on it as instructed by the captain.

For Sun Rui, who had already reached the peak of the Qi Cultivation stage and was ready to break through, the only thing he lacked was the spiritual power to add to his internal strength, but this body's talent was not a difficult thing to achieve.

When his internal energy completed its first major cycle, he saw a purple light flowing slowly like a river.

Sun Rui saw the purple river flowing into the distance. He could only see a part of it now, and could not see the distance beyond. The river also branched out in front of him, forming many channels. Sun Rui knew that this was his meridian, and the purple flowing thing was his internal energy.

Sun Rui focused his mind and followed the flow of internal energy through his meridians. After a while, he returned to his original position. He knew that only one cycle of energy circulation had been completed.

"Indeed, all meridians are open." Sun Rui nodded, opened his eyes, and muttered to himself with a slightly tired expression.

After internal observation, Sun Rui found that the meridians in his body were very wide. For ordinary people, the meridians in their body are not blocked, but narrow and congested, but they can still flow. After the condensation stage, the meridian opening stage is to open up the meridian routes for the circulation of internal energy.

After Sun Rui's first internal visualization technique, he began to adjust his state. In just one week, Sun Rui felt tired, which made him realize that his mental strength was weak and that he could not maintain the internal visualization technique indefinitely. It was impossible to maintain it for a whole night. Therefore, Sun Rui planned to empty his mind and let his body instinctively circulate internal energy. When the internal energy circulation changed, Sun Rui would then use the internal visualization technique.